Job Title: Public Service Announcement (PSA) Producer
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Employer: BBC Media Action (BBC MA)
Job Purpose:
• The PSA Producer is a member of the Production Team, and will be responsible for the overall management and delivery of our radio and television PSAs.
• These outputs, approximately a minute long, are meant to capture audience attention while increasing knowledge and awareness in exciting, creative ways.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
• Oversee the production of PSAs for radio and television, from idea conceptualization to final delivery for broadcast. Develop a production schedule and ensure that work and final delivery are completed on time.
• Consult with Project Manager and Head of Research and Learning to ensure that PSAsmeet our audience needs and project goals.
• Commission scriptwriters, directors, actors and production crew as needed to create, record, and finalize PSAs.
• Determine and manage production budgets for PSAs,and work with Project Manager to ensure that budgets fit within overall project budget.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned by the Head of Production, Project Manager or any other relevant unit.
Skills, Knowledge and Experience Requirements:
• A first degree in Film Production or any related field.
• Experience producing creative, dynamic audio-visual content to deadline, particularly PSAs or other short dramatic outputs.
• Proven experience using radio, television or other media to capture audience attention while increasing knowledge or awareness.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and experience using these skills in a media production setting.
• Fluent in spoken and written English; additional fluency in either Hausa, Igbo or Yoruba desirable.
• Proven ability to analyse and critically evaluate editorial content. identifying strengths and weaknesses in content and driving constant improvement in output.
• Evidence of imagination and an enthusiasm for generating new ideas, particularly those with the widest possible audience appeal.
• Excellent planning and time management skills.
• A proven track record in the careful management of budgets.
Competencies:
• Decision Making – is ready and able to take the initiative, originate action and be responsible for the consequences of the decision made.
• Planning and Organisation – is able to think ahead in order to establish and efficient and appropriate course of action for self and others. Prioritises and plans activities taking into account all the relevant issues and factors such as deadlines, staffing and resources requirement.
• Influencing and persuading – Ability to present sound and well-reasoned arguments to convince others. Can draw from a range of strategies to persuade people in away that results in agreement or behaviour change.
• Resilience – Can maintain personal effectiveness by managing own emotions in the face of pressure, set backs or when dealing with provocative situations. Can demonstrate an approach to work that is characterised by commitment, motivation and energy.
Method of Application:
Interested candidates should apply online with their application/cover letter with an introduction and capability statement stating the capability for the job, a detailed CVs(word document please) with names and addresses of at least two professional referees (including their telephone, fax and email addresses) with the position applied for clearly stated on the application/cover letter.
Deadline: 25th August 2013
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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